Militarisation is the social process through which societies are organised in ways that allow for the production of violence. According to the feminist writer Cynthia Enloe, militarisation describes a process through which individuals come to view militaristic ideas and military needs as being significant and the norm.

Sure, the familiarity with the military has everything to do with videogames and nothing to do with the fact that America has been at war for over a decade and the fact that most Americans either have served in a warzone or, more likely, has had a loved one who has served.